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Critical velocity in cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We describe a dramatic decrease of the critical velocity in elongated cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates which originates from the non-uniform character of the radial density profile. We discuss this mechanism with respect to recent measurements at MIT.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004039,
  title  = {Critical velocity in cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates},
  author = {P. O. Fedichev and G. V. Shlyapnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004039},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 pages, 2 eps figures, revised according to referee's comments

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